WWJ Interview: Gov. Snyder Lays Out Plans For Mich.

LANSING (WWJ)  - Governor Rick Snyder is laying out his plans for Michigan's future. The morning after delivering his first State of the State address, the Governor spoke with WWJ Newsradio 950's Joe Donovan and Pat Vitale.

In Thursday's live interview, Snyder revisited the issue of education - especially in Detroit.

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Governor Snyder says his administration will continue to work with emergency financial manager Robert Bobb on among other issues, his proposal for Lansing to forgive million of dollars in state money to help erase the district's red ink.

"We're going to have continuing discussions on the Detroit Public Schools because we need to work really hard to make sure we're giving those kids a brighter future," said Snyder.

Synder also tells WWJ that he has no plans to boost the community college budget at the expense of K-12 education.

"That's going to be the key focus, a constructive way to say let's have a dialogue on how we get better results for one of the most important things we could ever be involved with - our children," said Snyder. Snyder also talked more with WWJ about his online "Michigan Dashboard", which measures progress made by the state in nearly two dozen different areas from health to education and economic development.

Click here to check out the Michigan dashboard.

The Governor says we shouldn't be afraid to grade ourselves on the job we are doing.

"If you really want to get better, by having these measures it gives you the things to shoot for. And it's about all of us working together to make these things happen. And by putting it out there, we can all see what we need to do," said Snyder.

As for those saying his state of the state speech lacked details, the governor takes issue with that saying he laid out what he wants to do with economic development and the role of education.

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More from the State of the State address at this link.